Hullo, I’m Astrologer Patrick Arundell, and here is your Astrology Overview for WC 1st January 2018. Wishing you a very Happy New Year. The week begins with the sensational gathering of planets in the sign of Capricorn gathering pace and becoming more established. Part of this features the duo the Sun and Venus, and in the second half of this week they're going to go alongside the planet of power, transformation, secrets, truth, and sex, Pluto. This could lead to some extraordinary shifts around the basis of some situations in our lives, depending on where this is located in our Natal but also Solar Horoscopes. Expect there to be more revelations about people in positions of authority, in government, or who have used underhand methods in order to keep other people down. Human rights issues, can vie with those who would prefer to maintain the status quo.

Mercury is also forging a very liberating link to Uranus the planet of freedom, independence, and even of astrology. Of course this is the time of the year when everyone is keen to know what the following twelve months will hold, so this is timely, but it can also bring into the for any futuristic ideas, plans, scientific or medical breakthroughs, in an interesting way. If any of us have spent a little more time indoors than we would normally like, this influence pushes us to go out and explore and to be more spontaneous. However Mercury still coming out of shadow from its retrograde which lasted three weeks of December, so there could still be some glitches around the flow of communication, which we need to stay mindful of.

This week also sees Mars and Jupiter continue in their splendid conjunction, and they too are going to be linking with the Sun, Venus and Pluto. This is one of the most extraordinarily potent set of planetary influences through a very long time. Being in Scorpio as Mars and Jupiter are, this can be a thrusting time, when there could be big developments on financial markets, and the revitalisation, or shakeup of some financial institutions. In our own situations, this certainly going to be very little lack of passion. Expect some very intense encounters. For more information or to watch your zodiac sign Weekly Video forecast or join me at Free Daily, Weekly and Monthly Horoscopes